Health

Slightly high lead tied to less reading readiness

Children with even slightly elevated blood lead levels are less likely to be ready to read when...

Lifestyle change may ease heart risk from job stress Being under stress at work is tied to a higher risk of heart problems, new research confirms - but putting down the beer bottle and going...	Number of abused U.S. children unchanged since 2008 The number of U.S. children who were exposed to violence, crime and abuse in 2011 was essentially unchanged from 2008, according to a new...
Ewwww -- poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warns Attention swimmers: More than half of the public pools tested in a new study contained bacterial evidence that someone may have pooped...	How early can a child be diagnosed with autism? Q: What symptoms should parents watch for if they are worried a young child may have autism? Is it possible to diagnose autism before age 2?
Teen texting at the wheel tied to more driving risks Teenagers who text while driving are also more likely to engage in other risky activities, such as riding with an intoxicated driver or...	Anger linked to raised heart attack risk Bottling up emotions is thought to harm both mind and body, but a new study suggests that the opposite extreme may be no better.

Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy right for some women, doctors say Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy to reduce breast cancer risk was a natural move given that she...	Grocery shopping on an empty stomach leads to dieting disaster Attention dieters: If you want to maximize your chances of success, don’t go to the grocery store on an empty stomach.
Can sleep at altitude prevent sudden hiker deaths? Men who die of a sudden cardiac event are less likely to do so on the first day of mountain activities if they sleep at higher elevations...	Women's brains more likely than men's to respond to crying babies Why do kids grow up to cry “Mommy” more often than “Daddy”? The National Institutes of Health has an answer: The...
Dissecting laughter, a serious business The bleak chamber of an MRI machine is among the least funny places on earth, but a group of German researchers is using the device to probe...	Disrupted sleep linked to higher prostate cancer risk The links between sleep and cancer are now so many, you could build a chain. A new study has found that for men who suffer insomnia and...